Undermining the Idea GateKeepers

Love this interview with Levar Burton on Building 43 – Communities without Gatekeepers Broadcast  media & commercial communication are one-way conversations bundled with sales messages, actors, branding, and entertainers. Often it is marketing made to look like authentic human interaction. he goal of most mass media communication is to generate revenue. When you unpack Broadcast [...]

communication as power

An observation from Desmond Tutu: “Language not only describes reality, Language creates the reality it describes.” Language is powerful. Communication is a human arrow in the quiver of power. The communication of the meaning of a reality is a powerful act. I think Marshall McLuhan had it right, the way one communicates is as important as [...]